Pakistan Jute Mills Association
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The Pakistan Jute Mills Association (PJMA) was founded in 1970 in an effort to reduce reliance on jute imports. The Government of Pakistan prioritised the development of the domestic jute industry. As a result, between 1964 and 1971, four jute mills were set up in the country, each with limited production capacity aimed at fulfilling the local demand for jute products.[1]
In 1970, the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) a program to supply government agencies with packaging materials for food grain storage.[2] At the time, the jute industry relied heavily on raw jute imports from Bangladesh. Today, Pakistan's jute mills are fully equipped with spinning, weaving, and finishing facilities for producing hessian cloth and jute sacks. Key buyers of these jute products include government agencies, public sector corporations, and farmers, who primarily use jute sacks for the long-term storage of food grains such as sugar and wheat. Other commodities stored in jute sacks include rice, coffee, pulses, rapeseed, and cottonseed.
The jute industry in Pakistan employs over 30,000 workers and is fully capable of meeting the country’s demand for jute products. Additionally, jute mills, which are members of the Pakistan Jute Mills Association, export their products to markets around the world, including Sudan, the UK, UAE, Iran, Egypt, and Thailand.[3]